Historical Construction Projects

Edgar A. Browning - Tue October 18, 2016

Looking Back: Building the Cannonsville Dam, Reservoir

The Lane Construction Company of Meriden, Conn., built the Cannonsville Dam and Reservoir under an $11.7 million contract with the New York City Board of Water Supply. The project was completed in 1964....

Mon October 17, 2016

Toyota Plant Still Creating Good Jobs in West Virginia

BUFFALO, W.Va. (AP) Two decades have passed since ground was broken on Toyota West Virginia Motor Manufacturing's engine and transmission plant in Putnam County. On Sept. 18, 1996, Japanese and American officials planted 10 Japanese maple trees at a ceremony in Buffalo....

Giles Lambertson - Fri September 23, 2016

The History of Articulated Dump Trucks

Artic dump trucks have a history that traces back to, of all things, a tandem ag tractor conceived in the 1950s in England by an Essex farmer. Early HistoryErnest Doe bought two Fordson tractors, removed the front axles from each tractor and connected the front end of one to the rear of the other using a hydraulic turntable....

CEG - Tue September 20, 2016

Looking Back at an Air Force Base Runway Expansion in the 1950s

George M. Brewster & Son Inc. of Bogota, N.J., held a $16.7 million contract to build an 11,000 ft. (3,353 m) long runway at the Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, N.Y. The project contained 8 million cu....

Jackie Valley - LAS VEGAS SUN - Fri September 16, 2016

A Look Back in Time at Old Vegas Neighborhoods

LAS VEGAS (AP) There's a place in Las Vegas where postal workers still deliver mail door to door, where towering trees cast shadows across large yards hugging houses in spring shades of pink, blue and green — a tapestry that, despite its oddities, feels harmonious....

Chris Carola - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue September 06, 2016

Dig Extended at Site of 1750s British, American Encampments

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) An archaeological dig that was supposed to wrap up this week at an 18th century military site has yielded such intriguing artifacts the project has been extended, the archaeologist leading the excavations said....

Bryan Clark - POST REGISTER - Fri September 02, 2016

Interstate System Forever Changed Eastern Idaho

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) It's been 60 years since the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act became law. The law, championed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and broadly supported by both parties, led to the construction of 41,000 mi....

Mon August 29, 2016

A City Continues Its 100-Year Construction Project

The website SFgate asks - Does it seem like construction in the city of San Francisco is never ending? Well, it is. This may be due to urban growth, changes in style, repair from age, or acts of Mother Nature, including earthquakes, fires and floods....

Fri August 26, 2016

The History of Trenchers, Trench Shoring Technology

Trenches have been used for decades in a number of applications, including construction. Before WWII, trenches were often dug by hand. Rudimentary trenchers were used as the early as the late 1800s, but the machines were cumbersome with a large number of parts such as drive shafts and gearboxes....

Kate Gallagher - Cashman Equipment Marketing Communicator - Mon August 22, 2016

Cashman, 1936 Cat Twenty-Two Stand Test of Time

The 1930s were not an easy time in the United States. The Stock Market Crash of 1929 left everyone reeling and, in the Great Depression that followed, 15 million people were unemployed. President Franklin D....